National Regional Profile: Midlands (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 525   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
355
349
416
417
475
Total dwelling unitsno.
408
384
454
459
508
Value of total residential building$m
49.6
50.3
63.0
76.4
92.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
20.9
19.0
20.4
26.8
20.4
Value of total building$m
70.6
69.3
83.4
103.1
112.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
888
754
898
972
997
Other vehiclesno.
1 097
1 085
1 464
1 400
1 449
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 987
1 840
2 364
2 371
2 447
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
26 875
26 971
27 311
27 968
28 906
Campervansno.
240
291
304
310
346
Light commercial vehiclesno.
13 468
13 629
14 035
14 481
14 828
Light rigid trucksno.
388
431
455
485
554
Heavy rigid trucksno.
5 110
5 121
5 191
5 178
5 161
Articulated trucksno.
901
822
874
923
957
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
336
351
356
326
348
Busesno.
397
396
399
423
436
Motorcyclesno.
1 873
1 760
1 756
1 818
1 962
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
49 589
49 777
50 676
51 908
53 487
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
501
503
513
523
543
Campervansno.
4
5
6
6
6
Light commercial vehiclesno.
251
254
264
271
279
Light rigid trucksno.
7
8
9
9
10
Heavy rigid trucksno.
95
95
97
97
97
Articulated trucksno.
17
15
16
17
18
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
6
7
7
6
7
Busesno.
7
7
7
8
8
Motorcyclesno.
35
33
33
34
37
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
924
928
952
971
1 005
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
12 933
11 706
10 488
9 506
8 496
Petrol - Unleadedno.
21 800
22 650
23 924
25 454
27 266
Dieselno.
13 764
14 301
15 064
15 719
16 416
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
1 093
1 120
1 199
1 227
1 310
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
7 543 557.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
2 784 084.1
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
988.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
2 794.8
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
2 804.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
365 676.3
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 773 127
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
159
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
199 839
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
125 433
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0